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    Mac Mojo: The Office for Mac Team Blog

  • A great deal for college students on Office 2008 for Mac

    Marshall Nam
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:11 pm
    While economists have declared the recession officially over in the U.S., we still live in challenging times, and it’s truer than ever that an education is the best first step to future success. At the MacBU, we’re committed to helping students achieve their goals, and still have enough money to pay for books, tuition and other realities of college life. With that in mind, we’re now offering a special deal on Office 2008 for Mac, exclusively for U.S. college and graduate students. Today, college students can save more than 70% off of the retail price on the Office 2008 for…

  • The Gift of Productivity

    AmandaL
    17 Nov 2009 | 3:11 pm
    It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is already upon us! But, what better way to kick off holiday shopping than with a great discount on Office for your Mac? I’m a Marketing Manager here at the MacBU and also a mom of toddlers. I can use all the help I can get to organize my life at the office and my life at home. From managing my calendar, the family shopping list, and life projects (whether they involve prepping a marketing plan presentation or managing my remodel budget) Office 2008 keeps me a little more productive. So here’s the deal...starting today (November…

  • The MacBU lands in Denver for EDUCAUSE

    Marshall Nam
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:11 am
    More than 4,000 educators, students, and IT professionals in higher education from around the world are descending on the Mile-High City for this year’s EDUCAUSE conference from Nov. 3rd through the 6th. This year, I am on hand for the MacBU, along with one of our Microsoft Student Partners to showcase the latest and best features of Office 2008 for Mac, including: -   All-new SharePoint and Office Live Workspace support with Document Connection for the Mac. -   The newly re-architected Entourage 2008 Web Services Edition, providing robust Exchange connectivity, syncing tasks,…

  • Office 2004 Mainstream Support Has Been Extended

    Mike Tedesco
    12 Oct 2009 | 9:10 am
    A few months ago we received questions about the scheduled Mainstream Support retirement date for Office 2004 for Mac.  While most customers have upgraded to Office 2008 for Mac, some have remained on Office 2004 in order to take advantage of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), which is supported in Office 2004, but did not make it into Office 2008.  Today I am happy to share that we have extended the Mainstream Support date for Office 2004, originally scheduled to end October 13, 2009, through January 10, 2012.   The date has been extended to 2012 specifically to ensure…

  • Office Web Apps and the Mac user

    Kurt Schmucker
    6 Oct 2009 | 1:10 pm
    Today, Microsoft is holding an “Open House” for media in New York and one of the things that will be showcased is the Technical Preview of the Office Web Apps. Right now, the Technical Preview of the Office Web Apps is available to a limited number of invitation-only participants. The Office Web Apps will go into broad public beta later this year and will launch in 2010. MacBU has been working closely with the Office for Windows and the Windows Live teams to make sure that this exciting new capability is available to Mac users, so today seemed like a logical time to discuss how…
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    Microsoft - Bing News

  • Internet - DailyTech

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:32 pm
    Microsoft is aware of these concerns and it has been racing to develop a successor to IE 8 -- Internet Explorer 9 . IE 9 looks to be everything IE 8 wasn't -- fast and lean. With the forthcoming release, Microsoft looks to give Internet Explorer a ...

  • Banned PSN player takes aim at Microsoft, Nintendo - Gamespot News

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    Gamer appeals tossing of case against Sony, files new suit against Microsoft over red ring failure, Nintendo for disabling homebrew channel. In September, a federal judge dismissed a First Amendment lawsuit brought against Sony by a disgruntled gamer ...

  • 10 things about Microsoft's PDC 2009: The good, the bad and the ugly - Beta News

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:04 pm
    Microsoft's 2009 developer conference wrapped up yesterday in Los Angeles. Not since PDC 2003 has Microsoft talked so much and said so little. As I listened to the keynotes and have reviewed the sessions, words "series finale" repeatedly popped into ...

  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Import and Migration Experience Redefined - Newswiretoday.com

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pm
    NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Lenexa, KS, United States, 11/20/2009 - Data2CRM™ redefines the user experience for data import and migration into CRM 4.0 . CRM Innovation LLC has made importing data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Fun, Fast and ...

  • Microsoft Takes Users Behind Bing - WebProNews

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:42 pm
    Microsoft has launched a new site for Bing, where users can go to find out the latest features that have been implemented into the search engine (excuse me, "decision engine"). The site's called Behind Bing . "You can see each feature in action ...
 
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    Windows Live team blog

  • New Office 2010 beta works with Windows Live

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:59 pm
    In September, we announced the Tech Preview of the Office Web Apps on Windows Live. As you may know, the Office Web Apps on Windows Live are free online companions to applications like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint that let you access, edit and share Microsoft Office documents from virtually anywhere. While the Office Web Apps on Windows Live remain in Technical Preview (meaning they have don’t have all of the features of the final version*), today Microsoft is announcing the beta release of Office 2010 for Windows. So what does this mean for you as a Windows Live user? If you are…

  • YouTube and 18 more new partners make it easy to share with friends on Windows Live

    10 Nov 2009 | 3:36 pm
    Beginning today, Windows Live is rolling out 19 new web activity partnerships with leading global and regional web companies – including YouTube and Break.com. This means that if you choose to add, for example, the YouTube web activity to your profile on Windows Live, then whenever you post a video or mark your video favorites on YouTube, the people in your Windows Live network will see an update about your activity in their What’s new feed in Messenger, in Hotmail, on Windows Live Home, etc.        The new web activity partnerships are a great win for our customers, for our…

  • Windows Live Movie Maker – what changed in the new version, and why

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:22 am
    I’m Cheryl White and I’m a Program Manager for Windows Live Movie Maker. I’m here to say again how much we appreciate getting your feedback – it helps us to build a better product. Also, I’d like to talk more specifically about how users helped us shape the latest release of Windows Live Movie Maker. We’ve heard many questions about why we didn’t go with a traditional timeline model in the new Movie Maker. In this post we’re going to provide some insight into the primary reasons we changed our design, as well as a comparison between the old and new design based on organizing…

  • UPDATE: Favorites syncing on Windows Live Toolbar temporarily turned off

    5 Nov 2009 | 4:47 pm
    Update: We are happy to report that this issue with the “favorites sync” feature on Windows Live Toolbar has now been fixed and you can now re-enable this feature. As we mentioned in the original post, no data was actually lost and everything will work as expected and you can again get your favorites synced back to your browser on your PC. ---- For anyone who uses the “favorites sync” feature on Windows Live Toolbar, we have an important notice. We’ve heard from some customers in the last 24 hours that in some cases, favorites have been removed from the Toolbar when they synced from…

  • Get more from Windows 7 – top things to do after you upgrade

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:26 pm
    The Windows 7 launch is a proud moment for us at Windows Live. Windows Live delivers the software and services that make your new, or upgraded, Windows 7 PC lots of fun. So, we want to remind you to get the latest and greatest of Windows Live for your new Windows 7 PC! We recommend the following top things to do after installing Windows 7: 1. Personalize your PC: Make your Windows 7 PC your own by pinning your favorite programs to the enhanced Windows Taskbar, to easily preview and switch between Windows. Then, customize your desktop with one of the many new themes available in Windows 7 (or…
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    IEBlog

  • An Early Look At IE9 for Developers

    ieblog
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:23 am
    We’re just about a month after the Windows 7 launch, and wanted to show an early look at some of the work underway on Internet Explorer 9.  At the PDC today, in addition to demonstrating some of the progress on performance and interoperable standards, we showed how IE and Windows will make the power of PC hardware available to web developers in the browser. Specifically, we demonstrated hardware-accelerated rendering of all graphics and text in web pages, something that other browsers don’t do today. Web site developers will see performance gains and other benefits without having to…

  • My Favorite IE Add-on: Mouse Gestures by Ralph Hare

    ieblog
    13 Nov 2009 | 2:45 pm
    I spend a lot of time dealing with problems users encounter when using Internet Explorer. As a result, when I write about add-ons, I’m usually talking about misbehaving code that is wrecking the browser. However, it’s not all doom-and-gloom out there, and I’m delighted to share my favorite browser add-on with you. I first came across Ralph Hare’s work when perusing the IE add-on sample code at CodeProject. Ralph and I both liked mouse gestures and wished that Internet Explorer offered them. For those of you who have never used mouse gestures, basically, they allow you to trigger…

  • Participating at W3C’s TPAC 2009

    ieblog
    2 Nov 2009 | 4:54 pm
    This week the W3C holds its annual Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee meeting (TPAC 2009). There will be about a dozen people from the IE team participating and this is a valuable opportunity to continue working together with other W3C members on the next generation of web standards. High quality specifications that improve interoperability between browsers are important. Our goal is to help ensure these new standards work well for web developers and will work well in future versions of IE. We will participate in a number of browser related working group meetings including…

  • Now Available: IEAK8 can create custom Internet Explorer 8 packages in 19 additional languages

    ieblog
    29 Oct 2009 | 4:49 pm
    We are pleased to announce that the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) 8 now supports creating custom Internet Explorer 8 packages in a total of 43 languages. IEAK8 can be downloaded from http://ieak.microsoft.com. Custom Internet Explorer 8 packages can be created in the following platform and language combinations: Windows XP SP2 or SP3 x86: Total languages: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hong Kong Chinese, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian,…

  • IE October 2009 Security Update Now Available

    ieblog
    13 Oct 2009 | 12:50 pm
    The IE Cumulative Security Update for October 2009 is now available via Windows Update or Microsoft Update. This update addresses three privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability. The security update addresses these vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Internet Explorer processes data stream headers, validates arguments, and handles objects in memory. For detailed information on the contents of this update, please see the following documentation: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-054 Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 974455 This security update is rated…
 
 
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    CNET News - Microsoft

  • Windows 8 in 2012?

    Ina Fried
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:27 pm
    It's not clear what Microsoft's desktop plans are, but the Windows Server team included slides at PDC suggesting a new major release coming around 2012. Originally posted at Beyond Binary

  • Sinofsky's Windows plan: More data, less testosterone

    Ina Fried
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:19 am
    In an interview, the president of Microsoft's Windows unit tells CNET why he does things the way he does. Originally posted at Beyond Binary

  • Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes

    Ina Fried
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:46 am
    At Microsoft's shareholder meeting, the CEO says the OS has sold twice as fast in its early days as any prior version of Windows. He also takes a few shots at Apple. Originally posted at Beyond Binary

  • Windows boss on building his first laptop

    Ina Fried
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    In an interview, Windows unit head Steven Sinofsky talks about what he learned as Microsoft partnered with Acer to build a laptop to give away to developers. Originally posted at Beyond Binary

  • With IE 9, Microsoft fights back in browser wars

    Stephen Shankland
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:02 pm
    By showing its first glimpses of technology in Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft also is showing it's serious about building a competitive browser. Originally posted at Deep Tech
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    Microsoft Live Labs: Blog

  • Thumbtack

    David Vos
    3 Nov 2009 | 1:16 pm
    We wanted to say thank you to all those who have participated in the Thumbtack project and let our remaining participants know that we are currently in the process of retiring this experiment. We have learned a lot thanks to your participation and feedback and look forward to your continued enthusiasm and engagement on future Live Labs projects. The service will remain online through November 30th to allow participants to access and back up any information they would like to retrieve. In the meantime, you can access thumbtack normally here.   

  • Introducing Seadragon.com

    Live Labs Admin
    30 Jul 2009 | 10:50 am
    At Seadragon.com you can share any image on the web as a zoomable photo. Simply point Seadragon.com at any image you've got on the web, and in no time flat, you've got a zoomable viewer just like this one. Share the link on Facebook, Twitter, or through email or IM. Or embed it directly on your blog, eBay listing or virtually any site. Go ahead, click on the image below (or use your mousewheel) to zoom in, and drag it to pan around.   Seadragon.com allows you to share virtually any size image on the web, whether it is a five, ten or two hundred megapixels. Because the viewer uses the…

  • What’s Next for Live Labs

    Live Labs Admin
    9 Apr 2009 | 12:04 pm
    We’d like to share a little news about Live Labs with you.   We’ve recently made some changes to our organization, and a number of teams from within the lab will be joining product groups around the company.  For instance, the social streams team will be joining MSN. Some of our engineers will be helping out with the next generation of Windows Mobile. And others are off to Live Search and Microsoft Advertising.  The rest of us will continue our work on building new web experiences, as we always have.  But moving great people and projects into the the…

  • When is a game more than a game?

    Live Labs Admin
    6 Mar 2009 | 7:16 am
    At Live Labs, research is an important part of what we do.  Recently researchers Paul Bennett, Max Chickering and Anton Mityagin released some new data about a game project they did last year.  To users, Picture This was a matching game.  But to the researchers, it was providing valuable data about search and machine learning.  They’ve now released the data in an anonymized form, so that other researchers can use it to try and reproduce their results without revealing any personal information about the people who participated.  And along with researchers at…

  • Infinite Canvas Gathering Buzz

    Live Labs Admin
    28 Jan 2009 | 10:09 am
    Infinite Canvas, a new way of looking at comics on the web developed by Live Labs' own Ian Gilman has started getting some attention lately.  Infinite Canvas is a JavaScript application that frees visual storytelling from the usual comic format of squares on a page.  It started to take off when Neil Gaiman (whom Ian describes as “one of the gods of the sci-fi/fantasy world”) tweeted about a piece he put up called “The Day The Saucers Came.”  Now we’re starting to get comments like: “I’ve just seen the future of how to present comics…
 
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    All about Microsoft

  • Office Starter 2010 private beta, with 'Office to GO,' goes to testers

    Mary Jo Foley
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:21 am
    Microsoft released a bunch of public betas of various Office 2010 products this week. But it also released another one under non-disclosure to a select group of testers: Office Starter 2010. Microsoft made the code for Office Starter 2010 available to select testers via its Connect Web site late this week.

  • Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?

    Mary Jo Foley
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:40 am
    I'm not one of those ready to write Windows an RIP certificate now that Google has finally taken (some of) the wraps off its Chrome OS. In fact, after reading through industry watchers' questions and Google's answers about it, I'm thinking that Chrome OS may not look quite so appealing by the time it rolls out in late 2010. Here's why.

  • Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist

    Mary Jo Foley
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:28 am
    It's been almost two years since I first got tips about Microsoft "SmartFlow," a product which allegedly was going to be a competitor with Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom post-production software for professional photographers. I had thought that incubation project may have been quietly eliminated somewhere along the way. But it's still alive and is in a new group with a new twist.

  • Pivot: Microsoft's experiment to 'view the Web as a web'

    Mary Jo Foley
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:10 pm
    Microsoft's Live Labs -- its Research and MSN mash-up -- fielded a new test project on November 18 known as "Pivot." Pivot (not to be confused with Microsoft's recently renamed PowerPivot) is meant to combine search, browsing and recommendations to create a more unified Web experience, according to a description on the Live Labs Web site.

  • Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4

    Mary Jo Foley
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:20 am
    Microsoft shared some information about what's coming in Internet Explorer 9 and Silverlight 4 during its November 18 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) keynotes.
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    Bing Developer Blog

  • Finding the page not found is now even easier

    Kristin
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:05 am
    When we launched last year the first version of our Web Page Error Toolkit we got a lot of interest from the community and lots of feedback on how we could make it better.   This year not only have we revamped the existing Windows/IIS version, but we have also listened to your feedback and the full source code is now available on Codeplex in open source under MS-PL.   Also, thanks to the help of our colleagues in the interoperability team, we have today the pleasure to announce a version of the Web Page Error Toolkit for PHP users that can work on Apache as well as IIS and is not…

  • New tools, guidelines for Bing Maps

    george
    10 Nov 2009 | 10:49 am
    The newly-released Bing Maps Silverlight Control (Version 1.0) provides some great new feaures, and the Terms of Use has been updated: Bing Maps Silverlight Control 1.0 Released Watch a 4-minute video introduction to the Silverlight Control Bing Maps Terms of Use Changes; Benefit Educators, Not-for-Profits and Developers Bing Maps Gets An Overhaul…And, Some New Features  

  • Innovative uses of the Bing API

    george
    20 Oct 2009 | 1:43 pm
    Watch short videos featuring two "Will Code for Green" contest winners, who introduce their innovations based on the Bing API. Patrick Colin McGraw discusses his winning entry, GreenZig.com -- a site that illustrates energy-saving costs he developed with the Bing API. And Ed McConnell describes his winning entry, the Climate Times Help Engine. Video: Save energy via Bing Video: Bing powers the Climate Times Help Engine

  • Sprinkle Some Cocoa on Bing

    Kristin
    27 Aug 2009 | 9:06 am
    The Bing iPhone and Mac SDK is available for download on CodePlex, open source under the Microsoft Public License (MS-PL). The SDK provides: * The ability to easily query Bing from within your Cocoa or Cocoa Touch application. * Perform both synchronous and asynchronous queries. * Search Bing for Web, Image, Video, News, and Phonebook results. We hope that you'll be able to make some great Cocoa/iPhone apps that harness the power of Bing! Happy Bing-ing! Tom Rudick, Program Manager Intern, Bing API Alessandro Catorcini, Lead Program Manager, Bing API  

  • Bing Product Guidelines released

    Kristin
    4 Aug 2009 | 12:39 pm
    We’ve posted Bing Product Guidelines on the Microsoft Download Center. This document provides visual guidelines and recommendations to implement the branding for Bing for third parties. These guidelines can help echo the Bing product brand experience into your environment. Topics include: Bing branding guidelines Bing searchbox guidelines Bing searchbox guidelines for third party (web) Font guidelines for UI Visual elements for Bing search UI Editorial style Approach to UI error messages Overview of China Transliterated Logo China Transliterated Logo searchbox guidelines for third party…
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    Bing Community

  • Mark your calendars…A Gold Rush is coming

    Bing
    20 Nov 2009 | 1:02 pm
    I have never been one to wake up the morning after Thanksgiving to go and wait in a line at the mall for those crazy holiday shopping deals. As much as I have thought about it, the idea of sitting outside at 2AM in the freezing cold still trying to wake up from my Thanksgiving dinner food coma never really sounded that pleasing. Well things have certainly changed. Now I can take advantage of some great holiday savings right from the comfort of my very own home. Starting on November 27, Bing cashback will be offering increased discounts at a select number of merchants.  There will be some…

  • Friday’s Without Stefan and Free NFL Practice Jersey Friday

    Bing
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:58 am
    I am sitting here in the office wondering why the hallways are so quiet and it dawns on me….Stefan is not here. Which means two things, I can work without listening to him rock out to early 90’s greatest hits and that he is not here for me to film him for #FTF. So sadly all you get today is a short post from me. Which is actually not all that bad since today we actually have five SIGNED NFL practice jersey’s from some of the top players of the Seattle Seahawks to give away with the ever so coveted Bing t-shirts. Here are some of us from the office modeling the jerseys that…

  • Wired traveler’s guide to gear and wi-fi

    SonjaG_Travel
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am
    Business and leisure travelers alike want to stay connected on the road. Finding a Wi-Fi connection is just a start; it also helps to have the right tech gear. What are the best cameras for capturing photos to share with the folks back home? How can you navigate unfamiliar locales? What is the lightest and fastest gear? If you have been looking for the answers to these questions – or someone on your gift list has – Bing Travel has a handbook for the wired traveler from Budget Travel magazine.  Netbooks are minimalistic laptops that weigh in around 3 pounds and are a…

  • Get Inside Bing’s Head: See the Features You’ve Only Heard About

    Bing
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:43 pm
    Great news.  All the new features we blogged about last week are live for 100% of our users.  Many of you may have seen them over the past few days as the ramp progressed, but now everyone can take full advantage of the great work the team has done in this fall wave for Bing. I wanted to point that out because recently, to my complete surprise, I was told that all of you don’t follow every single one of Bing’s developments with breathless abandon.  I had simply assumed that all of you had alerts on this blog complete with a hacked-up method of automatically sending…

  • Bing Maps China Expands Reach

    Chris Pendleton
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:05 pm
    The Bing Maps China site just released some huge updates to their site. Following the release to Bing Maps (Bing Maps Gets An Overhaul…And, Some New Features) and Bing Maps UK (Released: Bing Maps UK), the Bing Maps China site has updated much of their data, added tons of new data and added a few new features. Check out the list: Yellow Pages – Over 8 million yellow page listings are now searching from Bing Maps China. Business Photos – Hundreds of thousands of business front photos are now available as a part of our YP listings results. Transit –…
 
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    Bing News: Bing

  • Microsoft Takes Users Behind Bing - WebProNews

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:42 pm
    Microsoft has launched a new site for Bing, where users can go to find out the latest features that have been implemented into the search engine (excuse me, "decision engine"). The site's called Behind Bing . "You can see each feature in action ...

  • Bing to seek council's OK to sell $250M bond - Detroit Free Press

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is expected to ask the City Council today to approve the sale of a $250-million bond that would help reduce the city's accumulated debt. "A deficit-elimination plan will be submitted to council that is inclusive of a $250 ...

  • Bing to seek council's OK to sell $250M bond - Detroit Free Press

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:28 pm
    A deficit-elimination plan will be submitted to council that is inclusive of a $250-million deficit-elimination bond," Karen Dumas, Bing's director of communications, told the Free Press. Bing has said that it is a priority of his administration to ...

  • Boycott Microsoft Bing - New York Times Blogs

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:06 pm
    Critics have accused President Obama of kowtowing to Chinese leaders, by failing to meet dissidents, toning down his criticisms and delaying a meeting with the Dalai Lama. On balance, I think that criticism is premature: Confrontation doesn’t help ...

  • Bing Seeks Bonds - WWJ Newsradio 950

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:05 am
    Detroit (WWJ) -- On Friday, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing approached City Council to request more than $200 million in bonds to help plug the City's $300 million deficit. “With the [$]250 million deficit elimination plan that we're presenting to them ...
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    Google News: Bing

  • Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 20, 2009 - Search Engine Roundtable (blog)

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:01 pm
    ErictricVideo Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 20, 2009Search Engine Roundtable (blog)Microsoft Bing is updating now. Bing UK when out of beta, was it too soon? AdWords goes on another banning spree - but they now have an appeals process. Google Tests Permanent Sidebar for Results, Blue Submit Buttons for HomepageSearch Engine WatchGoogle Testing New SidebarErictricReal time & social media search on the wayAgoravox (blog)WebProNews (blog) -Mediapost.com -Marketing Pilgrim (blog)all 32 news articles »

  • Bing: $250M bond will help, but not erase 'cash crunch' - The Detroit News

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:13 pm
    Bing: $250M bond will help, but not erase 'cash crunch'The Detroit NewsDetroit -- Mayor Dave Bing could ask the Detroit City Council as soon as today to approve selling a $250 million bond to help pay down the city's $300 Bing to seek council's OK to sell $250M bondDetroit Free PressBing Wants to Borrow to Clear DeficitMichigan RadioBing Seeks BondsWWJMichigan Messenger -Crain's Detroit Business -The Detroit Newsall 14 news articles »

  • Boycott Microsoft Bing - New York Times

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:45 am
    Boycott Microsoft BingNew York TimesFor the latest craven kowtowing, we can look somewhere else: Microsoft and its new search engine, Bing. Western corporations have often behaved Bing Maps China Grows with New FeaturesSoftpediaall 2 news articles »

  • Yahoo! Adds Tweets, Breaking News to News Shortcut - Search Engine Watch

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:36 am
    KIDKYahoo! Adds Tweets, Breaking News to News ShortcutSearch Engine WatchAfter announcements from Google and Bing about incorporating Twitter into their search results, Yahoo! is throwing hopping on the real-time results news Yahoo's search news shortcuts gain 'tweets,' videos, photosSan Francisco ChronicleYahoo Search Incorporates Twitter MessagesTopNews SingaporeYahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve searchThe Associated PressExaminer.com -VentureBeat -eWeekall 214 news articles »

  • Search Ad Keyword Lawsuit, Now Over Privacy - Search Engine Land (blog)

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:09 am
    CBS NewsSearch Ad Keyword Lawsuit, Now Over PrivacySearch Engine Land (blog) keywords tries new angle from the Associated Press reports Habush Habush & Rottier is suing Cannon & Dunphy for buying their name on Google and Bing. Wis. firm sues rival over search-engine keywordsChicago TribuneSponsored link gone, but lawyers continue duel on search engine lawsuitMilwaukee Journal SentinelSuit over search-engine keywords tries new angleThe Associated PressBraftonall 125 news articles »
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    Google Blog Search: Bing

  • Microsoft Takes Users Behind Bing | WebProNews

    Chris Crum
    20 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pm
    Microsoft has launched a new site for Bing, where users can go to find out the latest features that have been implemented into the search engine (excuse me, "decision engine"). The site's called Behind Bing. ...

  • Boycott Microsoft Bing - Nicholas D. Kristof Blog - NYTimes.com

    By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:41 am
    Microsoft's Bing search engine has, because of the company's kowtowing to China's security establishment, become an arm of the Central Committee Propaganda Department. That's insulting and deserves a boycott.

  • Fortune's Stanley Bing: Back off, Santa!

    Fortune's Stanley Bing
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:38 am
    I was riding in a taxi the other day. The driver had the radio on.

  • Microsoft Bing November 2009 Search Update?

    barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz)
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    There is some early discussion over at WebmasterWorld that Microsoft Bing has updated their search index. Many webmasters are discussing changes in rankings in this and other forums (which are hard to link to).

  • Bing seeks bond to pay down debt « Michigan Messenger

    Ed Brayton
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:24 am
    Mayor Dave Bing is going to ask the Detroit City Council to approve a debt reduction plan that includes selling $250 million worth of bonds to pay down some of the city's $300 million in already existing debt. ...
 
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    The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0

  • Microsoft shareholder meeting: Sunnier overall, with wispy Apple clouds

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:28 am
    Microsoft held its annual shareholder meeting this morning at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue to a sunnier outlook overall, except for shareholder questions about the popularity of Macs and iPhones. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer looked backward and forward in his address: "There's no doubt that fiscal year 2009 was one of the most challenging we've ever face. The economic reset had a major impact on companies around the globe and Microsoft was certainly no exception," he said. While "we saw revenue decline for the first time in the company's history, fiscal year 2009 was actually a good year…

  • Livetweeting the Microsoft shareholders meeting at 8 a.m.

    19 Nov 2009 | 7:21 am
    I will be livetweeting the Microsoft shareholders meeting at 8 a.m. today. They are meeting at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. You can follow me in the right corner of the Pri0 blog or at www.twitter.com/sharonpianchan.

  • Microsoft PDC09: Office 2010 beta is out, plus a preview of Office Web Apps

    18 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm
    LOS ANGELES -- If you want to try out Office 2010, the beta is now available by download for anyone. You can get it here. Office Web Apps, Microsoft's online competitor to Google, will also be available for anyone to preview who downloads the 2010 beta. Office Mobile 2010 is also available in beta, which you can get by going to the Marketplace for Mobile if you have a Windows phone. An interesting new feature for Office is a Social Connector to Outlook that can pull in status updates from social networks. LinkedIn was the partner announced today, which will connect early next year. No word on…

  • Microsoft PDC09: Silverlight Beta 4 now available

    18 Nov 2009 | 12:13 pm
    LOS ANGELES -- Four months after releasing Silverlight 3, Microsoft is making Silverlight 4 available for beta testing. You can find it here. Silverlight is multimedia user experience software that competes with Adobe Flash. For instance, Silverlight is being used by to stream the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games online, as well as te Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. New features include: The ability to create experiences in non-browser places, like on the desktop. Web cam and microphone support. New animation features, like the ability to break a video screen into jigsaw puzzle pieces.

  • Microsoft PDC09: Ray Ozzie puts the clouds in my coffee

    18 Nov 2009 | 11:53 am
    LOS ANGELES -- Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, talked up cloud computing this morning in his opening keynote at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference this morning. Ozzie announced that the Microsoft cloud, Windows Azure, will light up for customers on Jan. 1. The first month will be free and the meter will start ticking for customers on Feb. 1. The vision, as he said last year here, is "three screens and a cloud." The three screens are the mobile phone, the PC and the television, all connected by the cloud. The cloud consists of applications and software served up…
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  • Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft

    Ed Bott
    15 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    If you go shopping online for Windows 7, you'll find OEM System Builder copies at significant discounts from full retail prices. Microsoft's own web sites and support forums give conflicting, confusing, often inaccurate information about these products. What's an honest consumer supposed to do?

  • Your top Windows 7 questions, answered

    Ed Bott
    12 Nov 2009 | 4:19 pm
    Since Windows 7 launched on October 22, my e-mail inbox has been deluged with questions, comments, and pleas for help. I can't possibly reply to them all personally, so I thought I would answer some of the most interesting questions here. Learn the ins and outs of 64-bit upgrades, how to avoid a long download of your discounted student copy, and where to find drivers.

  • Why I'm letting someone else run my Exchange 2010 server

    Ed Bott
    9 Nov 2009 | 12:22 pm
    Microsoft officially released Exchange Server 2010 today. I could go download the code from my MSDN or TechNet account and install it in-house. Instead, I'm planning to let someone else handle the heavy lifting for me, and I suspect I have a lot of company. The biggest objection to a complex but powerful server product like Exchange is the hassle of managing it locally. Using a third-party hosting company eliminates those hassles and adds benefits like redundant data storage and simplified administration.

  • Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

    Ed Bott
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:21 am
    Only suckers pay retail. You don't have to pay full price for Windows 7. Most people have much better options available, if you just know where to look. I've researched deals in three separate categories: upgrade offers available to anyone, special deals just for students, and subscriptions intended for technical professionals and developers. Want to save 58%, 70%, 85%, or even get Windows 7 free? Keep reading.

  • What Microsoft won't tell you about Windows 7 licensing

    Ed Bott
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:41 pm
    If you're not a lawyer, the subject of Windows licensing can be overwhelmingly confusing. Over many years of studying this stuff, I have learned that Microsoft has buried much of this information in long, dry license agreements and on sites that are available only to partners. Microsoft hasn't assembled this information in one convenient place, so I decided to do the job myself, gathering details from public and private sources.
 
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  • Examining Windows 7's fast start

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:58 pm
    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer got lots of attention yesterday when he announced that the company has sold twice as many copies of Windows 7 as it did any previous version of the operating system in its first month. It's "a fantastic start," he told shareholders at the company's annual meeting.

  • Pastor Hutcherson's advice to Microsoft on challenging Google

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:36 am
    Google's dominance has perplexed Microsoft executives for years, but it sounds like Pastor Ken Hutcherson of Antioch Bible Church in Redmond has got this whole Internet search thing figured out.

  • Gist says social networking in Outlook isn't a serious threat

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:53 pm
    After hearing about Microsoft's plans to let LinkedIn and other social networks integrate with Microsoft Outlook, one of the first questions that popped to mind was the potential impact on Gist. The service from the Seattle company, backed by Paul Allen, combines email, contacts, calendar items, online links, social-networking feeds and other data.

  • Predictions 2010: The future of Twitter, Google, everything else

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:04 pm
    What should Twitter do in 2010? Where will the stock prices Google, Amazon, and Microsoft end the year? Which companies will be acquired in the next year? And which cloud-computing platform will dominate?

  • Microsoft pilot aims to bring TV advertisers into Xbox Live

    19 Nov 2009 | 10:16 am
    Microsoft this spring launched "1 v. 100," a prime-time game show for Xbox Live — an effort to combine an interactive video game with live television. Now Microsoft is taking that concept a step further, with a new pilot that aims to interest TV advertisers in this hybrid entertainment.
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  • Explore the Windows 7 Application Compatibility List for IT Professionals

    Greg Shultz
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:21 pm
    In the October 6 edition of the Windows Vista and Windows 7 Report, “The Windows Ecosystem Readiness Program Ensures Compatibility for Windows 7,” I explained that in addition to improving performance of the new operating system, Microsoft put a great deal of effort into making sure that Windows 7 is extremely compatible with new and existing hardware and software. To boost this effort, Microsoft established the Windows Ecosystem Readiness Program, which is designed to help Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs), Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), developers, Independent…

  • Take steps to protect your data before it is too late

    Deb Shinder
    17 Nov 2009 | 12:43 pm
    Operating systems and applications can always be reinstalled, but your data is unique, making it the most important thing on your computer or network. —————————————————————————— When you think about it, the most valuable thing on your computer or network is the data you create. After all, that data is the reason for having the computer and network in the first place — and it’s the bits and bytes that make up that data that are…

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  • Get quick access to troubleshooting info with the Netstat Gadget

    Greg Shultz
    13 Nov 2009 | 8:37 am
    The Netstat utility can help solve vexing connectivity issues, but its command-line interface isn’t for everyone. This free Vista / Windows 7 gadget makes the tool much easier to use. The difficulty in troubleshooting TCP/IP connectivity problems on a Windows network stems from the sheer number of connections and services on a particular system. Identifying the status of the connections and determining which services are running can help you narrow down the search, but doing so takes time. However, an underused Windows command-line utility, Netstat, can shorten the time it takes to hunt…

  • How do I use Zback as an easy portable backup system?

    Jack Wallen
    11 Nov 2009 | 11:01 am
    There are plenty of options available for backing up your files and folders. Most of these options are installable solutions that reside on one machine and one machine only. You can install these solutions onto a server and set up a backup server for your local network. But what about having a backup solution for on-the-go purposes? Imagine having a backup solution on a USB drive that you could use on any system? And imagine if that solution was free. Zback is that exact solution. This blog post is also available in PDF format in a free TechRepublic download. Features Zback can be installed…
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  • Windows Live Essentials & Services Book

    Sunshine
    20 Nov 2009 | 3:03 am
    For everyone who wants to get the most out of Windows Live: The Windows Live Essentials and Services Book. This book by MVP Brad Jones and Marcus Schmidt is a full-color, step-by-step guide for using Microsoft's new Windows Live Essentials series of free applications. Step-by-step instructions show you how to use not only these applications, but also associated Windows Live on-line services. As an example, you'll learn just how easy it is to create panoramic pictures in seconds or how to create movies from pictures in just a few minutes. Then you'll get the inside scoop on how to communicate…

  • Bing Maps China updated

    Sunshine
    20 Nov 2009 | 2:41 am
    Bing Maps China has updated their site with tons of new data and some new features: Yellow Pages – Over 8 million yellow page listings are now searching from Bing Maps China. Business Photos – Hundreds of thousands of business front photos are now available as a part of our YP listings results. Transit – Bing Maps China has had transit information for a while now; however, the site now hosts hundreds of transit lines around China Road Data Refresh – Updated the entire country with new road network data inclusive of over 4 million road segments Traffic – Higher fidelity, wider…

  • Bing begins showing “latest posts”

    Kip Kniskern
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:42 am
    One sure fire way to get a new feature noticed is to attach it to TechCrunch, and indeed TC noticed a new Bing feature yesterday that appears on Bing search results for “TechCrunch”:   The “Latest posts” feature only appears for certain websites (TechCrunch, New York Times, etc), and appears to be different than the “Top Headlines” feature that shows not the latest headlines, but perhaps the most popular ones? In the screenshot above you can see that a search on “New York Times” shows both lists, with the “latest posts” showing…

  • New from Live Labs: Pivot

    Kip Kniskern
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:13 pm
    I got called a namedropper on Twitter today for my earlier Day 1 post, but really we think of our readers as being the reason we’re here, and it’s because of you that we’re able to get to do this cool stuff. We’ll have a bit more later on the PDC in general, but at the risk of being called a namedropper again, today I had a chance to spend 20 minutes with Dr. Gary Flake of Live Labs, and got a personal demo of the project they’ve been working on for the past year, Pivot: Here at Live Labs we’re all about experiments, and Pivot is our most ambitious to date.

  • PDC 2009: Day 2 announcements

    Sunshine
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:31 pm
    Now the liveblogging is over, let’s take a look at what was announced today. Silverlight A whole lot was said about Microsoft Silverlight, going through some features of Silverlight 3 but most of all of Silverlight 4! Yes, today at the PDC in Los Angeles, Scott Guthrie announced the availability of Silverlight 4 beta, just four months after bringing Silverlight 3 to market. More information about Silverlight 4  is available at http://www.silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight-4-beta/ Office 2010 Also announced today is the Office 2010 Beta (Professional Plus) availability. You can…
 
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  • Microsoft Doesn't Need Yahoo to Challenge Google Online, Numbers Suggest

    17 Nov 2009 | 1:57 pm
    New search engine numbers from research company ComScore, as reported by eWEEK earlier this morning, suggest that things are on the rise for Microsoft, showing Bing holding 9.9 percent of the market in October, Google continuing its dominance with 65.4 percent and Yahoo seeing its share dip slightly to 18 percent. Combine that with new data from Experian Hitwise for October, showing Bing at 9.57 percent of the market, and I think we have enough data points to suggest that Microsoft is doing something right. Certainly it must boost the egos of the Bing team, who had to face widespread…

  • Microsoft to Launch Zune Internationally, Without Zune HD

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:15 pm
    If you wanted proof that Microsoft's strategy for its Zune brand involves veering away from the actual Zune HD device, look at its plans for Europe and other international markets: Starting tomorrow, Xbox owners in some 18 markets (including the United Kingdom, most of the European Union and Australia) will be able to stream Zune-branded movies to their televisions. Microsoft's emphasis on associating Zune-the-brand with cloud-based entertainment services, as opposed to the actual Zune HD device, seems to suggest two things, at least to me: a) Microsoft really is serious about its "three…

  • Microsoft Is Turning My Laptop into a Billboard

    13 Nov 2009 | 1:37 pm
    This desktop now brought to you by Coke. Microsoft announced on Nov. 13 at the Monaco Media Forum in Monte Carlo the rollout of what it's terming "two new exclusive branding opportunities available on Windows 7": branded desktop wallpapers and gadgets created by the likes of Coke, Ducati and Ferrari. For the pilot program, which will apparently run until October 2010, Microsoft is allowing only a "handful of brands" to plaster their visuals across Internet Explorer 8 add-ons, Windows 7 and Windows Vista-connected gadgets, Windows 7 backgrounds and borders, and "operating system audio…

  • Windows 7 Inspired By Mac OS X? Microsoft Says No Way.

    12 Nov 2009 | 7:50 am
    Did the designers of Windows 7 draw inspiration from Mac OS X?According to a Microsoft employee, the answer is "yes." That executive--Simon Aldous, Microsoft's partner group manager in the U.K.--told British tech-trade publication PCR that Windows 7 looked to Apple in modeling its end-user interface:"One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it's very graphical and easy to use. What we've tried to do with Windows 7--whether it's traditional format or in a touch format--is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics."The time-stamp…

  • Bing Gains Market Share Against Google, Adds Wolfram Alpha

    11 Nov 2009 | 11:50 am
    When I was in college, my girlfriend owned a 1986 Volvo station wagon affectionately nicknamed "The Box." Its exterior may have been decidedly boxy, and the engine whined when you tried to start it on a winter morning, but The Box displayed one particular advantage: the then-16-year-old vehicle refused to die, no matter what anyone tried to do to it. Despite every catastrophe that life could toss at that two-ton hunk of metal (thrown rods, clogged tubes, frayed wires) it kept chugging along a mile at a time.In that way, Bing is a lot like a 1986 Volvo station wagon: despite predictions of its…
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  • Microsoft fights claims of NSA backdoor in Win 7 - Electronista (blog)

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:19 pm
    CrunchGear (blog)Microsoft fights claims of NSA backdoor in Win 7Electronista (blog)Microsoft in a response late Thursday rejected assertions that it has put in a security "backdoor" at the request of the National Security Agency. Tom's Hardware : News microsoft windows 7 nsa backdoorTom's Hardware GuideMicrosoft Denies Programming NSA-Accessible Backdoors Into Windows 7Gizmodo.comMicrosoft denies that Windows 7 has a back doorInquirerComputerworld -Register -Strategy Pageall 58 news articles »

  • Microsoft gives away unannounced tablet PC - WindowsForDevices

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:18 pm
    InternetNews.comMicrosoft gives away unannounced tablet PCWindowsForDevicesThe Aspire 1420p -- unannounced in the US but given away by Microsoft to those attending the company's PDC (Professional Developers Conference) this week Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?ZDNet10 things about Microsoft's PDC 2009: The good, the bad and the uglyBetaNewsMicrosoft Silverlight - now with hidden Windows biasRegisterDigitaltrends.com -Ars Technica -FierceCIOall 154 news articles »

  • Microsoft launches beta tests of free Office 2010, 'streaming' delivery - Computerworld

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:49 pm
    PC WorldMicrosoft launches beta tests of free Office 2010, 'streaming' deliveryComputerworldComputerworld - Microsoft has launched new betas for its free Office suite and for the "streaming" technology it will use to deliver some All About MicrosoftZDNetMicrosoft misses the boat on web applicationsVentureBeatMicrosoft Office: 106 Tips & TricksPC MagazineWPTV -Sparxoo (blog) -Newserall 316 news articles »

  • Banned PSN player takes aim at Microsoft, Nintendo - GameSpot

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pm
    Escapist MagazineBanned PSN player takes aim at Microsoft, NintendoGameSpotGamer appeals tossing of case against Sony, files new suit against Microsoft over red ring failure, Nintendo for disabling Amazing lawsuits filed against Nintendo and MicrosoftDestructoidAgoraphobic PS3 Owner Sues Microsoft, NintendoEscapist MagazineGame console makers at crossroadsZDNet Asiaall 6 news articles »

  • Microsoft Countering Google Chrome OS Release with Windows 7 - eWeek

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:10 pm
    Telegraph.co.ukMicrosoft Countering Google Chrome OS Release with Windows 7eWeekMicrosoft issued an official response to news of Google releasing its Chrome Operating System to open source for developers. Although the Chrome OS will not Google Chrome Frame patches Microsoft-reported security bugArs TechnicaFive Reasons Google Chrome OS will SucceedPC WorldMicrosoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OSComputerworldInfoWorld -The Tech Herald -New York Timesall 1,014 news articles »
 
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  • Microsoft Pivot: from the wizards at Live Labs

    stevecla01
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:39 pm
    I just sat through Gary Flake’s session on Microsoft Pivot – a new project from Live Labs that frankly, blew me away. I sort of thought I knew what was coming but I didn’t and the sooner the video of his session is up the better – it’s one of those things you need to see. Here’s what the website says of Pivot Pivot is an application intended to make it easier to view and interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. It enables the visualization of trends in related information using our own Seadragon technology. Pivot is currently available…

  • Microsoft Office 2010 public beta is live

    stevecla01
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:05 am
    There goes the network at PDC for a few hours…. I’ve been using the beta for a little while now and it’s a big improvement over the Tech Preview. Outlook in particular has some great new features that I expect Kurt Del Bene will demo in the next 30 mins. PowerPoint also gets some of the cool transitions that I’ve been waiting for. go grab the beta

  • IE9 breaks cover at PDC09

    stevecla01
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:40 am
    Steven Sinofsky delivered a killer keynote here today at PDC09 There is some great IE9 content already up on Channel 9 IE 9: Surfing on the GPU with D2D IE 9: First look at the new JS Engine IE 9: Standards and Interoperability

  • Office Mobile 2010 beta released

    stevecla01
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:46 am
    As well as the Office 2010 beta for PC today, the Office Mobile 2010 beta was announced. Available now from Marketplace

  • Seesmic desktop on Windows

    stevecla01
    18 Nov 2009 | 7:13 am
    I just loaded up Seesmic desktop for Windows. thanks @loic and team…perhaps I can finally lay Twhirl to rest? looks great so far and I love the support for Twitter lists.
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  • Using SharePoint to Communicate KPI Dashboards

    MistyKhan
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    There is a reason that although I first promised a blog post on using SharePoint to display your company KPI dashboard back in late June, I’m just now getting started on it.  Turns out, its a much more complicated and multi-step process than I first expected.  So in attempt not to overwhelm both you in reading a ridiculously long post and me in creating one, I’ll be posting the following Arrow-Tips and How Tos throughout November: Arrow-Tip #50 Establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) - in this post I will described the process we used for determining what KPIs to use…

  • Social Media From a Parent’s Perspective Presentations

    MistyKhan
    15 Oct 2009 | 9:29 am
    Yesterday morning I gave a presentation (click here to view the presentation on slideshare) to parents from Yorkshire Academy regarding the benefits of social media as well as issues to watch out for. My presentation focused mainly on Facebook, however, yesterday evening I had the good fortune to attend another presentation sponsored by YPO on social media given by Michelle Cullison of Daystar Digital Development. Michelle’s focus was mainly on My Space, but she also discussed other areas of social media - we covered many of the same things, but I got a deeper level of insight from her…

  • Facebook from a Parent’s Perspective

    MistyKhan
    13 Oct 2009 | 7:16 am
    Tomorrow morning I will be giving a free seminar on Facebook and other social media from a parent’s perspective. We will discuss the positive aspects of Facebook as a communication and marketing tool along with what to watch out for as your children start to participate in social media. I will be offering some suggestions for how to make social media a positive experience for your children rather than a potential nightmare for both of you. Please feel free to join us tomorrow from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM at the Yorkshire Academy campus 14120 Memorial Drive (Houston 77079).

  • Arrow-Tip #49 Synchronizing Calendars Between Email Profiles

    MistyKhan
    8 Sep 2009 | 1:17 pm
    Do you have multiple email/calendar profiles? If so, you may be interested in this quick solution I’ve come up with for synchronizing my calendars and it will even work with gmail. Because I work with several Outlook software and coaching clients on Outlook, I usually have at least 4 active Outlook Exchange profiles at any given time.  I also have a gmail profile that I use on occassion for my non-Microsoft pals.  One of my good friends Stephan Kinsella recently blogged about his frustration with maintaining multiple calendars so here is the solution I use. Whenever you create…

  • Loving my Blackberry Tour

    MistyKhan
    1 Sep 2009 | 2:55 pm
    On Sunday I decided I’d finally had enough of my 2nd Blackberry (8830 World Edition) that’s track ball kept sticking and that kept asking me to “say a comand” when the battery cover wasn’t falling off. Obviously I had issues with the 8830, but I have to say that I love love love the Tour. The display rocks, I can now take pictures and videos and so far it hasn’t asked me to order it around once. Normally, I keep my technology until people start making fun of me (my car is 13 years old) so for me to make a change after only 18 months is a pretty big deal.
 
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  • New SQL Azure Developer Tool Code Named Houston

    Stephen Forte
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:27 pm
    Stephen Forte's blog | Azure Stephen Forte writes "...Built in Silverlight and hooked into the SQL Azure developer portal, Houston allows you to rapidly create tables, views, procedures, add data, delete data, etc. It kinda reminds me of Microsoft Access, but in a good way. This tool is not for admin stuff like..." Read post »

  • How Data Dude Lower Priced VS Editions in VS 2010 Affects You

    Kimberly L Tripp
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:42 am
    Kimberly L Tripp's blog | Visual Studio Kimberly L Tripp writes "...Data Dude (Visual Studio "DBPro") has generally been an expensive tool - only in the "Team Systems" Edition of Visual Studio. But, that's all going to change in VS 2010...This is a HUGE improvement...check out the following:..." Read post »

  • Code Sample Printing in Silverlight 4

    Gill Cleeren
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:42 am
    Gill Cleeren's blog | Editors Picks Gill Cleeren writes "...Silverlight 4 brings real printing to the table. All printing is done using the PrintDocument class. In it’s PrintPage event, we can specify what content needs to be printed...Let’s take a look at some really easy code to do all this.The UI code is kept simple intentionally:..." Read post »

  • Did Silverlight Just Eat WPF from the Inside

    Bill Wagner
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pm
    Bill Wagner's blog | TechTalk Bill Wagner writes "...I don’t know how long it will take, as there are still some gaps and differences. I also think there will be some continued enhancements to WPF in the short term. As time goes on, those enhancements will be smaller and smaller, and Silverlight will be..." Read post »

  • New Silverlight 4 Book Content

    David Yack
    18 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pm
    David Yack's blog | Silverlight David Yack writes "...For developers that are new to Silverlight but are comfortable with .NET we are releasing a preview of Silverlight 4 Jumpstart. Silverlight 4 Jumpstart content builds on the success of the Silverlight 3 Jumpstart book to offer content focused at the business .NET developer. oth of these offerings are available today..." Read post »
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  • Visio 2010 and Project 2010 public betas available for download

    Imran Hussain
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:59 am
                                         It’s raining betas in Redmond. Microsoft just released the public betas for Office 2010, Web Apps and Office Mobile 2010. Visio 2010 and Project 2010 have also gotten public beta releases. The improvements to both of these very useful apps are really welcome, as they’ve both finally acquired the ribbon interface along with updates features and productivity boosts thanks to various…

  • Office 2010 Mobile Beta available for download

    Imran Hussain
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:07 am
    Along with the release of Office 2010 beta, Microsoft has also made available the beta for Office Mobile 2010 for Windows Phones via Windows Marketplace. Office Mobile 2010 contains Word, PowerPoint, Excel and SharePoint Mobile. It’s free to try and will work until April 5th, 2010. Microsoft Office Mobile 2010 brings the powerful Microsoft Office 2010 tools you use every day at work, home, or school, to the screen of your Windows phone with rich interfaces especially designed for small devices. Here’s the feature list from the Windows Marketplace page for Office Mobile 2010: View and edit…

  • Office 2010 Beta and Office Web Apps go public. Download now!

    Imran Hussain
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:48 am
    Office 2010 Beta and Office Web Apps have finally been released to the public. While they’re not yet online ( still! ) at the new Office portal, you can download them from Microsoft Download Center ( links given below ). The Office public beta build is different in version number than the one that was leaked earlier, but the features are same. For details on the new features in Office 2010 Beta, Manan’s post is a great resource. The build number for Office 2010 Professional Plus is 14.0.4536.1000. If you’re an MSDN or TechNet subscriber, you can download it from there as well. For…

  • Silverlight 4 beta released – Features and Download links

    Imran Hussain
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:31 am
    Silverlight 4 beta has just been demoed and launched at PDC09 by Scott Guthrie. It brings a lot of new functionality including microphone/webcam access, multi-touch, Google Chrome support, drag and drop to name just a few. As my own project will be made on Silverlight 4 beta, I can’t stress enough how awesome these new features are ! There’s a lot of information at Tim Heuer’s blog, so if you want a deep dive into Silverlight 4, that’s where you should be headed. Here are some useful snippets from his blog including the feature list and download links: Features: Download links: Visual…

  • Office 2010 Beta and Web Applications available for download on MSDN and TechNet

    Imran Hussain
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:57 am
    Office 2010 Beta has been released for MSDN and TechNet users along with Office Web Applications. Office 2010 Beta is available as only Professional Plus SKU (32 bit and 64 bit variants) while Office Web Apps are available in x64 variant only for self hosting in corporate environments. The Office beta build is very similar to the leaked technical build and contains new icons, installation procedure, social networking features, themes as well as other improvements. Check out Manan’s post for a detailed overview of the changes. The build number for Office 2010 Professional Plus is…
 
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  • Things seen around Microsoft (and perhaps your college campus?): a fractal panda

    mthree
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    In the category of the interesting and odd things I see around Microsoft, this is one of the most unique, one that has found its way onto the Internet. It's the fractal panda (or is that Fractal Panda?). It's used by our good folks in Microsoft during various college informational trips. (I noted this on Twitter this morning as well, with a tip of the hat to the good folks over at Microsoft Recruiting and noted by folks in the wild including @ellenchisa.) Anyone every see this around their campus? As for interesting and odd, I fully expect to see more interesting holiday sweaters around the…

  • Your questions: "Will Office 2003 work with Windows 7?"

    mthree
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:57 pm
    On today's WSJ.com in Mossberg's Mailbox from Nov. 18, 2009 on the allthingsd.com/ site (the blog where venerable technology columnist Walt Mossberg answers readers' questions) Mr. Mossberg answers several reader questions, including one on Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows 7.  This must be a popular topic, because I received emails this week (thanks, April and Josh) with essentially the same question. Q: Will Office 2003 work with the new Windows 7 operating system? A: Microsoft, which makes both products, says the answer is yes, though I haven't tested it. I have. It works. I used it…

  • Dell's new Inspiron Zino HD: ZDNet says it's "Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini."

    mthree
    18 Nov 2009 | 9:47 am
    Of interest is the new Dell Inspiron Zino HD which ZDNet calls "Dell's answer to Apple's Mac mini." "The Zino HD is an interesting machine because Dell has managed to cram a lot of power into the Mac mini-esque 7.8 inch by 7.8 inch footprint of the system. Buyers can choose from a selection of single and dual core AMD energy-efficient CPUs, as opposed to the Intel dual-core parts used in the Mac mini by Apple." I'm impressed that Dell has put so much into a space 8" square (thanks to an external power supply). With an HDMI output and Blu-ray drive, coupled with up to…

  • Your questions: Common questions about upgrading to Windows 7

    mthree
    13 Nov 2009 | 2:25 pm
    Here are answers to some common questions about upgrading to Windows 7 from our Windows 7 frequently asked questions page. (And if you need more information and guidance on installing and reinstalling Windows 7, check out this page on the Windows 7 site.) What's the difference between the upgrade and full versions of Windows 7? When purchasing Windows 7, you can choose either an upgrade version or full version. Both upgrade and full versions include the same features. Upgrade versions require that Windows XP or Windows Vista are installed on your computer before installing Windows 7. Full…

  • "I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea." Perhaps, but the look-and-feel of Windows 7 was done in Redmond

    mthree
    12 Nov 2009 | 10:10 am
    Brandon over in Windows (interesting to write it like that, having recently moved from building 26) posted here about how we really designed the look-and-feel of Windows 7, in contrast to a quote in a short interview from a Microsoft employee not involved in designing Windows 7. "I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed. If you’re interested in learning more about the design of Windows 7, I suggest reading this AP story with Julie Larson-Green as well as these WSJ (membership required) and Fast Company articles. And here is one of many…
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  • Changes to Bing, UI navigation to Webmaster Center

    Webmaster Center team
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:40 am
    Did you hear the news? Bing was recently upgraded with another set of exciting end-user features. Instead of reciting the long list of changes here, I'll just point you to the blog post in the Bing Search blog titled, "Bing's Next Chapter Begins Today." The Bing engineering team has been focused on improving the already cool features that have made using Bing so much fun. One edit to the Bing home page has changed the way users navigate to the Toolbox page, the Webmaster Center tools, the blog, and the forums pages. On the Bing home page, click the EXPLORE link in the left list to browse to…

  • Robots speaking many languages

    Webmaster Center team
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:52 pm
    We've already covered in past blog articles some of the basics about how webmasters can use a file called robots.txt to control how search engine crawlers (aka bots) crawl their websites. But there is so much more to talk about with bots. So let's take a bit of a deeper dive into the subject. Topic 1: Using the proper text file encoding The robots.txt file is used by webmasters to either specifically define which files and directories that compliant search engine bots may or may not crawl. Robots.txt files are basically text files. However, even something as seemingly straightforward as a…

  • MSNBot 1.1 is retired

    Webmaster Center team
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:50 pm
    The Bing team has been talking about its new crawler (aka bot), MSNBot 2.0b, in this blog for quite some time now. We have made numerous improvements in its performance, addressed some webmaster concerns, and published detailed information on how to control the bot with a robots.txt file. Today we are announcing that the new bot is fully operational. This development will enable Bing to do a better job at gathering the information we need from the myriad of websites we index worldwide. As MSNBot 2.0b enters full-scale production, the time has come to retire our previous generation bot, MSNBot…

  • Fixing 404 File Not Found frustrations (SEM 101)

    Webmaster Center team
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:43 pm
    You've seen it. So have I. Nearly every person who has actively browsed the Web for more than 15 minutes has seen it. I'm talking about the dreaded 404 File Not Found error. When it occurs, users simply abandon their search on that site and go elsewhere. That's a potential lost sale, subscription, or download opportunity (aka conversion) for the affected site! It has been estimated that up to 10% of traffic to large websites on the Web is looking for pages that don't exist, so this is a big problem. Back in the early days of the Web, when you entered an incorrect URL, you got a nearly blank,…

  • Translator widget: Delivering your site to the world

    Webmaster Center team
    14 Oct 2009 | 10:04 am
    About eight months back, the Microsoft Research Translator team delivered an entirely unique way of delivering your website's pages to visitors who speak a different language with no development effort on your part. Unlike any other translation widget/gadget available at that time, the Translator widget was unique in that it kept your audience on your site, rather than redirecting them to a proxy translation service. Since then, thousands of sites have adopted the Translator widget and have been able to attract a much broader audience from around the world. Powered by the same machine…
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  • MVPs Release Windows 7 Resource Kit

    Jas Dhaliwal
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:40 am
      The Windows 7 Resource Kit is now available from Microsoft Press. This 1700 page book and CD was authored by three MVPs Mitch Tulloch, Tony Northrup and Jerry Honeycutt, and also by Ed Wilson who is commonly known as The Scripting Guy on Microsoft TechNet. The lead author Mitch Tulloch also maintains an Unofficial Support Site for the Windows 7 Resource Kit, where he posts additional resources and responds to questions from readers. Find out more about the Windows 7 Resource Kit on the Microsoft Learning website. The Windows 7 Resource Kit is available to purchase here. Technorati…

  • MVP Releases Windows Live Essentials & Services Book

    Jas Dhaliwal
    19 Nov 2009 | 1:40 pm
    MVP Brad Jones with Marcus Schmidt recently released a new book entitled “Windows Live Essentials and Services: Using Free Microsoft Applications for Windows 7”. The book is a full-colour, step-by-step guide for using Microsoft's new Windows Live Essentials series of free applications. Step-by-step instructions show you how to use not only these applications, but also associated Windows Live on-line services.   As an example, you'll learn just how easy it is to create panoramic pictures in seconds or how to create movies from pictures in just a few minutes. Then you'll get the…

  • MVP Launches SharePoint Site for the Arabic Community!

    Jas Dhaliwal
    18 Nov 2009 | 4:57 am
      SharePoint MVP Marwan Tarek is the co-founder of SharePoint4Arabs, a website dedicated to providing SharePoint resources targeted to Arabic speaking countries. SharePoint4Arabs presents videos, presentations and useful resources. A particular focus for the site is on development, end users and infrastructure. The site is also welcoming speakers to contribute to the site. (Register here for more information). You can follow SharePoint4Arabs updates on twitter too! About the co-founder Marwan is a MOSS MVP since 2008, and has been working with SharePoint technologies since 2005. He is…

  • French MVP Speaks Out For Embedded Devices At TechEd

    Jas Dhaliwal
    17 Nov 2009 | 9:46 am
      Watch Windows Embedded MVP, Thierry Joubert discuss challenges that developers face when programming for Embedded devices at TechEd 2009 in Berlin. Intel Atom, Pico ITX, Vortex86, ARM ... the latest evolutions in hardware architectures create a situation where developers can leverage their knowledge on embedded projects. Windows Embedded Compact and Windows Embedded Standard are challenging developer's creativity. Learn more, by watching Thierry’s interview here. Technorati Tags: MVP Award Program,MVP Thierry Joubert,TechEd Europe 2009,Windows Embedded Share this post :  

  • Interviews at TechEd Europe 2009 – MVP Rafal Lukawiecki

    Jas Dhaliwal
    16 Nov 2009 | 5:57 am
    Listen to MVP Rafal Lukawiecki discuss the sessions he presented at TechEd Europe 2009. In this video, he also discusses his community contributions and how he started in IT. Finally, Rafal discusses his insights into Green IT. Watch the video to learn more! Learn more about Rafal, by visiting his website. Technorati Tags: MVP Award Program,Rafal Lukawiecki,TechEd Europe 2009,#TEE09
 
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    Mitchell Ashley's blog

  • 3 Most Important Announcements about Microsoft's Azure Cloud

    Mitchell Ashley
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:36 am
    Microsoft's Ray Ozzie significantly blew past the basic Exchange, SharePoint and SQL database hosting services with the Azure announcements at PDC 2009 yesterday. Read more

  • Microsoft's data cache technology, code-named Velocity, speeds app performance

    Mitchell Ashley
    13 Nov 2009 | 7:35 am
    Microsoft is achieving impressive performance gains with "Velocity", the code name for a new Microsoft data caching technology currently in Community Technical Preview. Velocity is a distributed in-memory application cache technology that combines in-memory data caches across multiple servers, appearing as one large data cache to data hungry applications. By accessing data in Velocity data caches,...

  • Microsoft Missed Perfect Chance To Contribute GPL Code

    Mitchell Ashley
    11 Nov 2009 | 5:52 am
    Using open source software in your product. Doesn't Microsoft know that bloggers, techno-dudes and everyone else is watch them like a hawk waiting for Microsoft to make a GPL license misstep? Friday blogger Rafael Rivera called Microsoft on the carpet accusing Redmond of lifting code from the ImageMaster project for use in a Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT) for netbooks. Read more

  • Microsoft's Delicate Balancing Act Between Cloud and Data Center

    Mitchell Ashley
    10 Nov 2009 | 7:04 am
    TechEd's focus on Exchange 2010 this week is all about the efficiency gains through improved productivity, lower power consumption (thanks to Windows Server 2008 R2) and decreased storage costs of Exchange 2010. Thank the economy for the focus on efficiency gains. Upgrades like Exchange 2010 will get close budget scrutiny in 2010/2011 and for the remainder of this year. Read more

  • Microsoft Is Perfect Example Why Executive Pay Is Broken

    Mitchell Ashley
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:34 am
    Text message this morning from CNN: Unemployment hit 10.2% in October. Microsoft announced earlier this week another 800 employee layoffs to the 5,000 previously announced employee layoffs. If you look at Microsoft's financials you see why, a 14% revenue and 18% net income drop for the last reported quarter, on top of disappointing prior quarters. Read more
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